JUDGMENT
WELBOURNE, J.A
This is an appeal from the judgment of the High Court dated 16th July 2020 on the subject matter of contempt of court. The main issue in this matter is whether or not the Respondents are liable to be committed for contempt of the trial court and its orders.
Black Law Dictionary 7th Edition defines contempt as:
The act or state of despising, condition of being despised.
Conduct that defies the authority or dignity of a court or legislature.
Contempt of court means any conduct that interferes with or undermines the administration of justice. The Supreme Court defines contempt of court as following in the Republic v. High Court, Accra Ex-parte Laryea Mensah [1998-99] SCGLR, 360:
“By definition, a person commits contempt and may be committed to prison for willfully disobeying an order of court requiring him to do any act other than the payment of money or abstain from doing same act, and the order sought to be enforced should be unambiguous and must be clearly understood …